Unit 1 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

English

Reading

Tennessee Academic Vocabulary

Easy Grammar pages 520-604

  • Capitalization pages 520-562

  • Punctuation pages 566-604

 

OR

 

Capitalization and Punctuation Int. Level

C&P Lessons 3-10 SPI 0601.1.1 (common/proper),
SPI 0601.1.13 & SPI 0601.1.5 (interjections)

  • interjections
  • abbreviations
  • capitalizing names of people & initials
  • titles of people
  • titles of text
  • Mother & Father
  • word I
  • poetry

C&P Lessons 11-18 SPI 0601.1.1 (common/proper)

  • Proper Nouns
    • companies and stores
    • buildings and special places
    • clubs and special groups
    • names of days, special days, and holidays
    • names of streets
    • cities and states
    • state names
    • countries and nationalities

C&P Lessons 19-23 SPI 0601.1.5, SPI 0601.1.7, & SPI 0601.1.12  (commas)

  • Commas
    • last names first
    • words in series and groups of words in series
    • yes and no
    • conjunctions
    • appositives

C&P Lessons 24-29   SPI 0601.1.6 (quotations)

  • Quotations
    • Comma in Address
    • Direct Quotation at the Ends of Sentences
    • Direct Quotations at the Beginnings of Sentences
    • The Interrupted Quotation
    • The Indirect Quotation
    • Writing Conversation
  • Writing Stories with Conversation

C&P Lessons 30-32  SPI 0601.1.1 & SPI 0601.1.10 (possessives)

  • apostrophes

C&P Lessons 33-35 SPI 0601.1.6 (colon)

  • capitalizing geographical terms
  • colon

Skills

  • Vocabulary
    (Word of the Day and Weekly Practice Worksheets)
    • SPI 0601.1.17 Dictionary, Thesaurus, Glossaries
    • SPI 0601.1.14 Synonyms/Antonyms
    • SPI 0601.1.19 Categorizing
    • SPI 0601.5.5  Analogies
    • SPI 0601.3.11  Word Webs
    • SPI 0601.1.15 Multiple Meaning Words
  • Answering Questions including details and main idea
  • SPI 0601.3.11 Make a graphic organizer for each creature, monster, and ghost at Hogwarts.
  • Family Tree & Character Bingo

Skills from Portals:

  • SPI 0601.5.6 14 Sequencing Events  
  • SPI 0601.1.19 15-16 Classifying Words
  • SPI 0601.5.7 17-18 Inferences
  • SPI 0601.5.2 20 Fact and Opinion
  • SPI 0601.1.14 21 Synonyms
  • SPI 0601.5.3 25 Cause and Effect
  • SPI 0601.1.16 26-27 Meaning Through Context
  • SPI 0601.6.2 & SPI 0601.8.3 29-30 Main Idea
  • SPI 0601.1.15 32-33 Choosing Correct Meanings

Other Skills

  • SPI 0601.8.1 genres (e.g., fiction, drama, nonfiction, poetry).

 

genre

 

Lesson Plans for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

 

Introduce Genre

Vocabulary

Reading

Comprehension Questions

Skill Worksheets
Portals

English Lesson

 TCAP Coach

Extra Activities

Day 1

fairy tales
mystery
two pockets for flash cards (word & definition)

crane

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

 

C&P Lessons 1-2

  

Draw family tree.

Day 2

folk tales

frantically

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

p 10 Syllables

C&P Lesson 3
Interjections

  

Make a boa constrictor.

Day 3

tall tales

sneer

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

 

C&P Lesson 4 Abbreviations

  

 

Day 4

fables

expel

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

 

Post Test 1

  

Make wands.

Day 5

English Day C&P Lessons 5-18 Capital Letter Rules - Post Tests 2, 3, & 4 - Capitalization Rules Graphic Organizer

Day 6

myth

ravine
Vocabulary Practice Worksheet

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

 p 14 Sequencing Events
p 15-16 Classifying Words

C&P Lesson 19 Last Name First

  

 

Day 7

science fiction

jostle

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

 

C&P Lesson 20 Words in a Series

  

 

Day 8

historical fiction

pompously

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

p 17-18 Inferences

C&P Lesson 21 Comma with Yes and No

   Sort students.
Worksheet - Sorting Students.

Day 9

drama

corridor

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

 

C&P Lesson 22 Comma with Conjunctions

  

 

Day 10

English Day C&P Lessons 19 - 24 Comma Rules - Post Test 5 - Punctuation Marks Graphic Organizer - Comma Rules Graphic Organizer

Day 11

poetry

embers

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

 p 21 Synonyms
p 20 Fact/Opinion

C&P Lesson 25 Quotations

  

 

Day 12

fiction

griffin
Vocabulary Practice Worksheet

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

 

C&P Lesson 26 Quotations

  

 

Day 13

nonfiction

wheedled

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

p 23-24 Where When How

C&P Lesson 27 Quotations

  

Quidditch Quiz

Day 14

biography

engulf

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

 

C&P Lesson 28 Indirect Quotations

  

 

Day 15

English Day C&P Lessons 25-29 Quotations Post Test 6 - Quotation Rules Graphic Organizer

Day 16

autobiography

mystify

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

 p 25 Cause and Effect
p 26-27 Meaning Through Context

C&P Lesson 30 Contractions

  

 

Day 17

reference sources

bated

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

 

C&P Lesson 31 Possessives

  

 

Day 18

essay

ajar

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

p 29-30 Main Idea

C&P Lesson 32 Possessives

 Lesson 10 - Punctuation

 

Day 19

realistic fiction

pounce

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

p 32-33 Choosing Correct Meanings

Post Test 7

  

 

Day 20

fantasy

confiscate
Vocabulary Practice Worksheet

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

 

C&P Lesson 33 Capital Letters

  

 

Day 21

information

Vocabulary Test

 

 

 

C&P Lesson 34 Capital Letters

 Lesson 29 Genre *Harry Potter Candy Quiz
*Bertie Bott's Beans Activity
*Character Bingo

Day 22

English Day C&P Lessons 30-34 Contractions, Possessives, Colon Post Tests 7-8 Colon Rules Graphic Organizer & Business Letters

Day 23

Word Study PowerPoint - Context Clues, Prefixes & Suffixes, and Word Resources Graphic Organizer for Context Clues, Affixes,  & Word Resources

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 SPI’s Covered

  • SPI 0601.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context.

  • SPI 0601.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context.

  • SPI 0601.1.6 Choose the correct use of quotation marks, commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks) and colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding a list of items).

  • SPI 0601.1.12 Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context.

  • SPI 0601.1.13 Choose the appropriate interjection to complete a sentence.

  • SPI 0601.5.5 Specify a logical word choice to complete an analogy using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, categories, subcategories, whole/part, and functions.

  • SPI 0601.8.1 Distinguish among various literary genres (e.g., fiction, drama, nonfiction, poetry).

Unit 2 - Tom Sawyer

English

Reading

Tennessee Academic Vocabulary

Create a newspaper including title and text features

Article 1 - "A Killing in the Graveyard"
Article 2 - "The Trial"
Article 3 - "A Picnic of Adventure"

Skills

Vocabulary SPI 0601.5.5 analogies

Answering Questions

  • details
  • SPI 0601.5.7 inference
  • SPI 0601.3.10 titles
  • SPI 0601.6. 2 & SPI 0601.8.3 main idea

SPI 0601.1.17 dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries
SPI 0601.1.14 synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context
SPI 0601.1.20 root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns
SPI 0601.1.15 & SPI 0601.1.16  context clues
SPI 0601.3.12 work-related text
SPI 0601.6.7 text format
SPI 0601.6.4  & SPI 0601.6.3 text features
SPI 0601.2.2 &  SPI 0601.3.2 audience
SPI 0601.2.1, SPI 0601.3.1 & SPI 0601.8.10 author’s purpose
SPI 0601.3.5 facts to support key ideas

Text features

Sidebars

Multiple meanings

Stressed/unstressed syllables

Lesson Plans for Tom Sawyer

 

Chapters

Vocabulary

Skills

Day 1

 

 

 Lesson 1  (Word Study)
SPI 0601.1.17 Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.
SPI 0601.1.14 Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context.
SPI 0601.1.20 Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context. (example - skillfully)
SPI 0601.1.15 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
SPI 0601.1.16 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
(example - predisposed)
TCAP Coach Lesson 25 References and Resources

Day 2

 

 

 Lesson 2  Text Formats
SPI 0601.3.12 Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports).
SPI 0601.6.7 Recognize that purpose determines text format.
(examples-outline, newspaper article, flyer, photograph)
SPI 0601.6.4 Interpret factual, quantitative, technical, or mathematical information presented in text features (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, and diagrams).

Day 3

 

 

 Lesson 3   Text Features
SPI 0601.6.3 Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g., headings, key words, captions, footnotes).
TCAP Coach Lesson 20 Text Features

Day 4

Chapter 1 "The Great White Wash"

hookey (hooky)

Lesson 4    Audience
0601.2.2 Identify the targeted audience of a speech.
0601.3.2 Identify the audience for which a text is written.

Day 5

Chapter 2 "Tom Gets a Bible" pages 14-15

disciples

Lesson 5    Purpose
SPI 0601.2.1 Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain).
0601.3.1 Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).
0601.8.10 Determine the author’s purpose for writing.

TCAP Coach Lesson 18 Author's Purpose and Audience

Day 6

Chapter 3 "Tom Wins Becky's Love"

superstition

Lesson 6   Supporting Ideas
SPI 0601.3.5 Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.

Day 7

Chapter 4 "A Killing in the Graveyard"

oath

News Article 1 Tell students they are going to act as reporters and write a newspaper called "The St. Petersburg Gazette". The first article is going to describe the murder scene.

Day 8

Chapter 5 "Tom, Joe, and Huck Become Pirates"

den

Proofread the first newspaper article.

Day 9

Chapter 6 "Their Funeral and Life as Heroes"

mutiny

Type the first newspaper article.

Day 10

Chapter 7 "Tom Saves Muff Potter"

relapse

News Article 2 Write the second article for the newspaper. The second article will describe the trial of Muff Potter.

Day 11

Chapter 8 "Buried Treasure in the Haunted House"

venture

Proofread article then type.

Day 12

Chapter 9 "A Picnic of Adventure"

 wonder
wander

News Article 3 Write the third article for the newspaper. The third article will describe Becky and Tom getting lost in the cave.

Day 13

Chapter 10 "Heroes and Friends-To the End"

jubilant

Complete analogies  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading46/vocabulary_practice.htm

Proofread article then type.

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SPI’s Covered

 

Word Study

  • SPI 0601.1.14 Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context.

  • SPI 0601.1.15 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
  • SPI 0601.1.16 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
  • SPI 0601.1.17 Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Tom Sawyer

  • SPI 0601.2.1 Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain).

  • SPI 0601.2.2 Identify the targeted audience of a speech.

  • SPI 0601.3.1 Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).

  • SPI 0601.3.2 Identify the audience for which a text is written.

  • SPI 0601.3.5 Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.

  • SPI 0601.3.12 Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports).

  • SPI 0601.6.3 Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g., headings, key words, captions, footnotes).

  • SPI 0601.6.4 Interpret factual, quantitative, technical, or mathematical information presented in text features (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, and diagrams).

  • SPI 0601.6.7 Recognize that purpose determines text format.

  • SPI 0601.8.10 Determine the author’s purpose for writing.

 

Unit 3 - The Cay

English

Reading

Tennessee Academic Vocabulary

  • SPI 0601.1.1 plurals/possessives

  • SPI 0601.1.2 verbs (action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement)

  • SPI 0601.1.3 adjectives adverbs (comparative forms)

  • SPI 0601.1.4 prepositional phrases
  • SPI 0601.1.5 conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating) and interjections
  • SPI 0601.1.7 sentence-combining techniques  (comma used with coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters).
  • SPI 0601.1.8 run-on sentence (conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements).
  • SPI 0601.1.9 double negatives

  • SPI 0601.1.10 spelling of plurals and possessives

  • SPI 0601.1.11 subject-verb agreement
  • SPI 0601.1.14 homophones
  • SPI 0601.3.11 Compare/Contrast with Venn Diagram

 

Skills

  • Setting
  • Vocabulary
    • SPI 0601.1.17 Dictionary, Thesaurus, Glossaries

Skills from Portals:

  • SPI 0601.1.19 Page 15-16 Classifying Words
  • SPI 0601.1.16 pages 17-18 Meaning Through Context
  • SPI 0601.5.6 page 19 Sequencing
  • SPI 0601.1.14 page 21 Synonyms
  • SPI 0601.1.14 page 24 Antonyms
  • SPI 0601.1.14 page 26 Synonyms
  • SPI 0601.5.2 page 28 Fact and Opinion
  • SPI 0601.5.3 page 29 Cause and Effect
  • SPI 0601.1.15 page 32 Correct Meanings


 Sequential order
 

 Clauses
 

Mnemonic devices
(ex. Fanboys)
 

Foreign phrases
(Dutch island of Curacao)

Lesson Plans for The Cay

 

Vocabulary

Reading

 Comprehension Questions

Skill Worksheets

English Lesson

TCAP Coach

Extra Activities

Day1

refinery

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

 

Prepositions - Easy Grammar
pages 1-68

 

map of Phillip's Caribbean home

Day 2

blackout

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

 

 

 

Day 3

navigate

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

 Page 13 Finding Base Words Verbs - Easy Grammar
pages 70-99 & 114-174

 Lesson 2
Verb Tenses

 

Day 4

schooner

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Pages 15-16 Classifying Words

 

Day 5

 drone Chapter 5  

 

 Interjections - Easy Grammar
pages 183-186

 

 

Day 6

 thrash Chapter 6 Chapters 5-6

Pages 17-18 Meaning Through Context

 Conjunctions - Easy Grammar
pages 187-190

 

 

Day 7

 lurch
fret		 Chapter 7     Nouns - Easy Grammar
pages 191-274

 Lesson 1
Subject-Verb Agreement

 

Day 8

 crow Chapter 8 Chapters 7-8

 Page 19 Sequencing

 Adjectives & Double Negatives
Easy Grammar
pages 277-336

 Lesson 8
Double Negatives and Prepositional Phrases

 

Day 9

 stun Chapter 9    

 

Day 10

 catchment Chapter 10 Chapters 9-10

Page 21 Synonyms

 Adverbs - Easy Grammar
pages 343-410

 Lesson 4 Adjectives and Adverbs

 

Day 11

 connive Chapter 11  

 Pages 22-23 Where When How

 

Day 12

regain

Chapter 12

 Chapters 11-12

 Page 24 Antonyms

 Sentence Types - Easy Grammar
pages 413-417

 

 Edible Octopus
Day 13 treacherous Chapter 13   Page 26 Synonyms Sentence Fragments & Run-ons - Easy Grammar
pages 421-428		    
Day 14 tempest Chapter 14 Chapters 13-14 Page 28 Fact and Opinion   Character Activity
Day 15 flay Chapter 15   Page 29 Cause and Effect Pronouns - Easy Grammar
pages 429-510		 Lesson 3 Nouns and Pronouns  
Day 16 debris Chapter 16 Chapters 14-16 Pages 32-33 Choosing Correct Meaning Sentence Combining - Easy Grammar
pages 612-668		 Lesson 11 Sentences  
Day 17 gingerly Chapter 17      
Day 18 blot out Chapter 18      
Day 19 badger Chapter 19 Chapters 17-19    
Day 20 Vocabulary Test       English Quiz    

 

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SPI’s Covered

  • SPI 0601.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural, possessives) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, subject, object) within context.

  • SPI 0601.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action, linking, regular/irregular, agreement) within context.

  • SPI 0601.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative forms) and adverbs (i.e., comparative forms) within context.

  • SPI 0601.1.4 Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place prepositional phrases correctly according to the words they modify within the sentence) within context.
  • SPI 0601.1.5 Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating and subordinating) and interjections within context.
  • SPI 0601.1.7 Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma used with coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters).
  • SPI 0601.1.8 Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e., conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements).

  • SPI 0601.1.10 Identify the correct spelling of plurals and possessives.

  • SPI 0601.1.11 Identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement (person/number) within context.
  • SPI 0601.1.9 Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, its/it’s, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal, between/among}).

 

4-H Speeches

Standard 2: Communication

 

Unit 4 - Hatchet

English

Reading

Tennessee Academic Vocabulary
  • SPI 0601.1.20 Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context.

Introduction to Figurative Language

  • SPI 0601.8.7 Analyze figurative language (i.e., hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification,) within context.
  • SPI 0601.8.8 Identify examples of sound devices (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and repetition).
  • SPI 0601.8.9 Identify patterns of rhyme and rhythm.

 

 Skills
  • SPI 0601.8.8 Plot and Setting
  • Vocabulary
    (Word of the Day and Weekly Practice Worksheets)
    • SPI 0601.1.17 Dictionary, Thesaurus, Glossaries
    • SPI 0601.1.14 Synonyms/Antonyms
    • SPI 0601.5.5 Analogies
  • Answering Questions including details and main idea
  • Character Traits - Listing Proof

Skills from Portals:

  • SPI 0601.5.2 16 Fact and Opinion
  • SPI 0601.1.19 18 Classifying Words
  • SPI 0601.5.7 20-21 Inferences
  • SPI 0601.1.14 2 22 Synonyms
  • SPI 0601.1.16 24 Meaning through Context
  • SPI 0601.5.3 27 Cause & Effect
  • SPI 0601.5.6 28 Sequencing
  • SPI 0601.8.8 29 Figurative Language
  • SPI 0601.6. 2 & SPI 0601.8.3  32 Main Idea
  • SPI 0601.1.14 34 Antonyms
  • SPI 0601.1.15 37 Choosing Correct Meaning

Story Elements Unit

  • SPI 0601.8.2 Identify the setting and conflict of a passage.

  • SPI 0601.8.3 Determine the main ideas of plots, their causes, how they influence future actions, and how they are resolved.

  • SPI 0601.8.4 Distinguish between first and third person points of view.

  • SPI 0601.8.5 Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology).

  • SPI 0601.8.6 Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text.

 Imagery

Point of view

Inference

Writing modes

 

Lesson Plans for Hatchet

 

Vocabulary

Reading

Comprehension Questions

Skill Worksheets

English Lesson

 TCAP Coach

Story Elements/Maps

Extra Activities

Day1

Cessna
turbulence

Chapters 1-2

Chapters 1-2

Worksheet from Teacher Created  page 18

 affixes  

Characters

 

Day 2

horde
altitude

Chapters 3-4

Chapters 3-4
 

 

 affixes Lesson  7 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

Setting

Computer Activity -  Light Refraction

Day 3

pulverize
murky

Chapters 5-6

Chapters 5-6

Portals page 17 - orally (Fact and Opinion)

 affixes Lesson 31 Point of View

Point of View

 

Day 4

jolt
imbed

Chapters 7-8

Chapters 7-8

Portals pages 18-19 (Classifying Words),  pages 20-21 (Inference), page 22 (Synonyms)

 Figurative Language - simile  

Conflict

 

Day 5

reposition
intervals
Worksheet for Week 1

Chapters 9-10

Chapters 9-10

Portals pages 24-25 (Meaning through Context)

 Figurative Language - metaphor Lesson 30 Character, Setting, and Plot

Plot

 

Day 6

persistent
gnarled

Chapters 11-12

Chapters 11-12

Portals page 27 (Cause & Effect) & page 28 (Sequencing)

 Figurative Language - personification Lesson 32 Theme

Theme

 

Day 7

shaft
corrosive

Chapters 13-14

Chapters 13-14

Portals page 29-30 (Special Meaning), pages 32-33 (Main Idea), & page 34 (Antonyms)

Figurative Language - hyperbole

  

 

 

Day 8

stabilize
intact

Chapters 15-16

Chapters 15-16

Portals pages 37-38 (Correct Meanings)

Sound Devices - alliteration

  

 

 

Day 9

frenzied
stymie

Chapters 17-18

Chapters 17-18

Portals pages 40-41 (Making an Outline)

Sound Devices - onomatopoeia

  

 

 

Day 10

butane
Vocabulary Worksheet for Week 2

Chapters 19-Epilogue

Chapters 19-Epilogue

 

Sound Devices - repetition

  

 

Activity on Board

Day 11

Vocabulary Test

 

 

 

 Sound Devices - rhyme  

 

Movie Version of Hatchet
Raspberry-Vanilla Cocoa Mix

 

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SPI’s Covered Reading

  • SPI 0601.7.6 Identify the type of conflict (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology) represented in a non-print medium. 
  • SPI 0601.8.2 Identify the setting and conflict of a passage.
  • SPI 0601.8.3 Determine the main ideas of plots, their causes, how they influence future actions, and how they are resolved.
  • SPI 0601.8.4 Distinguish between first and third person points of view.
  • SPI 0601.8.5 Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology).
  • SPI 0601.8.6 Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text.

SPI’s Covered English

  • SPI 0601.1.20 Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context.

  • SPI 0601.8.7 Analyze figurative language (i.e., hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification,) within context.

  • SPI 0601.8.8 Identify examples of sound devices (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and repetition).

  • SPI 0601.8.9 Identify patterns of rhyme and rhythm.

 

Unit 5 - Holes

English

Reading

Tennessee Academic Vocabulary

The Structure of a Paragraph Unit

  • SPI 0601.3.1 & SPI 0601.8.10 Purpose of Writing
  • SPI 0601.3.11 Outlining
  • SPI 0601.7.3 & SPI 0601.3.10 Topic Sentence
  • SPI 0601.2.3, SPI 0601.3.3 Thesis Statement
  • SPI 0601.3.6 Supporting Details
  • SPI 0601.3.8, Sequence
  • SPI 0601.3.7 Staying on Topic
  • SPI 0601.3.9, SPI 0601.6.6 Concluding Sentence
  • SPI 0601.3.4 Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order
  • SPI 0601.3.8 Transitional Words/phrases
  • SPI 0601.3.10 Titles
  • SPI 0601.6.8 Ordering Instructions (recipes)

Poetry

  • SPI 0601.8.9 Rhyming Words
  • SPI 0601.8.7 Simile & Metaphors
  • SPI 0601.8.8 Alliteration & Personification
  • SPI 0601.8.7 & SPI 0601.8.8 Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole & Repetition 
 Skills
  • SPI 0601.1.14 Introduce book with homophones
  • SPI 0601.3.11 Character Map
  • Vocabulary
    • SPI 0601.1.17 Dictionary, Thesaurus, Glossaries
    • SPI 0601.1.14 Synonyms/Antonyms
    • SPI 0601.1.19 Categorizing
    • SPI 0601.5.5 Analogies
    • SPI 0601.3.11 Word Webs
  • Answering Questions including details and main idea
  • SPI 0601.5.6, SPI 0601.6.8 Sequencing Events from Story - Card Activity

Skills from Portals:

  • SPI 0601.1.20 14 syllables
  • SPI 0601.5.6 17 Sequencing
  • SPI 0601.1.14 2 18 Antonyms
  • SPI 0601.5.7 19-20 Inferences
  • SPI 0601.1.19 21-22 Classifying Words
  • SPI 0601.1.14 2 25 Synonyms
  • SPI 0601.5.3 27 Cause & Effect
  • SPI 0601.6.2 & SPI 0601.8.3  29 Main Idea
  • SPI 0601.1.15 31 Choosing Correct Meanings

Skills from Teacher Created Materials:

  • SPI 0601.5.2 27 Fact or Opinion

 

Relevant

Relevancy

Thesis statement

Hyperbole

Personification

Rhyme

Rhythm

Simile

Symbolism (ex. Onions symbolize good things; holes symbolize negatives)

 

 


 

Lesson Plans for Holes

 

Discussion

Vocabulary

Reading

Comprehension Questions

Skill Worksheets

TCAP Coach

English Lesson

Extra Activities

Day1

Introduction of Book using   homophones

perseverance desolate

Chapters 1-5

Chapters 1-5

 

Lesson 23 (Paragraphs)

Lesson 1

 

Day 2

Palindromes

preposterous

Chapters 6-7

 

Graphic organizer with boys' nicknames

 

Lesson 2 - Making an Outline

famous nicknames

Day 3

 

intensity

Chapters 8-10

Chapters 6-10

Portals - Page 14 (syllables)

 

Students make gypsy outline

 

Day 4

 

engraved

Chapters 11-13

 

Portals - Pages 15-16 (when, where, & how) orally with response cards

Lesson 21 - (Graphic Organizers)

 

 

Day 5

 

 paranoid

Chapters 14-15

Chapters 11-15

Portals - Page 17 (Sequencing)

 

 

Computer Activity - character map

Day 6

 

thesis statement

Chapter 16

 

Portals - Page 18 (Antonyms)

 

Lesson 3 - Thesis Statements

 

Day 7

 

evict

Chapters 17-18

 

Portals - Pages 19-20 (Inferences)

Lesson 12 (Inference & Drawing Conclusions)

 

The Dig

Day 8

 

callused

Chapters 19-20

Chapters 16-20

Portals - Pages 21-22 (Classifying Words)

Lesson 32 (Theme)

 

 

Day 9

 

refuge

Chapters 21-22

 

 

Lesson 26 (Thesis Statement)

Lesson 4 - Topic Sentences

 

Day 10

 

sequential order

Chapters 23-24

 

Skillsheet on Sequential Order

 

 

Day 11

BINGO

concoctions
 

Chapter 25

Chapters 21-25

 

 

 

Cooking Activity - Spiced Peaches

Day 12

 

Vocabulary Worksheet

Chapters 26-28

 

Portals -
Pages 25 (Synonyms), 26 (Feelings)

Lesson 6 (Analogies)

 

 

Day 13

 

drenched
delirious

Chapters 29-30

Chapters 26-30

Teacher Created Materials - Page 22 (Cause & Effect)
Portals - Page 27 (Cause & Effect)

 

Lesson 5 - Detail Sentences

 

Day 14

 

deftly

Chapters 31-32

 

 

Lesson 16 (Cause & Effect)

 

Day 15

 

Review Words

Chapters 33-34

 

 

 

 

Day 16

 

ventilation

Chapter 35

Chapters 31-35

 

 

Lesson 6 - Sentence Order

Computer Activity - Venn Diagram

Day 17

Discuss how Zero and Stanley's lives parallel that of Elya and Madame Zeroni

protruding
 

Chapters 36-37

 

Portals - Pages 31-32 (Correct Meaning)
 

Lesson 5  (Multiple-Meaning Words and Context Clues)

 

 

Day 18

 

contritely

Chapters 38-40

Chapters 36-40

Teacher Created Materials (Fact or Opinion) - Page 27 orally with response cards.

 

 

Sequencing Activity

Day 19

Note:  Onion Dip will need to be put together in the morning so that it can cook.

inexplicable

Chapters 41-43

 

 

 

Write a sequencing paragraph describing how to make onion dip.

Eat onion dip.

Day 20

 

pronounced

Chapters 44-45

Chapters 41-45

 

 

Lesson 7 - Staying on Topic

 

Day 21

 

authenticated

Chapters 46 - 47

 

 

Lesson 24 (Main Idea & Supporting Details)

 

Day 22

BINGO

incarcerated
Vocabulary Worksheet

Chapters 48 - 50

Chapters 46 - 50

 

Lesson 28 (Summary)

Lesson 8 - Concluding Sentences

 

Day 23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

movie

Day 24

 

rhythm

 

 

 

 

Rhyming Words

 

Day 25

 

simile

 

 

 

 

Simile & Metaphors

 

Day 26

BINGO

personification

 

 

 

 

 Alliteration  & Personification 

 

Day 27

 

hyperbole
Vocabulary Test

 

 

 

Lesson 33 (Figurative Language and Sound Devices)

 Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole & Repetition

 

 

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SPI’s Covered

  • SPI 0601.3.3 Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
  • SPI 0601.3.4 Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
  • SPI 0601.3.6 Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context flow of ideas in a paragraph.
  • SPI 0601.3.7 Identify sentences irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.
  • SPI 0601.3.8 Select appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the flow of a writing sample.
  • SPI 0601.3.9 Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph.
  • SPI 0601.3.10 Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of a written selection.
  • SPI 0601.3.11 Complete a graphic organizer (e.g., clustering, listing, mapping, webbing) with information from notes for a writing selection.

  • SPI 0601.8.7 Analyze figurative language (i.e., hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification,) within context.

  • SPI 0601.8.8 Identify examples of sound devices (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and repetition).

  • SPI 0601.8.9 Identify patterns of rhyme and rhythm.

 

Unit 6 - The Indian in the Cupboard

English

Reading

Tennessee Academic Vocabulary
Research

  • SPI 0601.4.1 focused research topic

  • SPI 0601.4.2 Rank resources according to reliability

  • SPI 0601.4.3  most appropriate research source

  • SPI 0601.4.4 primary and secondary  sources.

  • SPI 0601.4.5 irrelevant research material

Media

  • SPI 0601.7.2 Select the visual image that best reinforces a viewpoint

  • SPI 0601.7.3 purpose of a medium

  • SPI 0601.7.4 inference from a non-print medium.

  • SPI 0601.7.5 best summarizes/communicates the message presented by a medium.

Persuasive Devices

  • SPI 0601.5.4 bandwagon, loaded terms, testimonial, name-calling)

SPI 0601.1.9 troublesome words

Employ

Lesson Plans for The Indian in the Cupboard

 

Vocabulary

Reading

Comprehension Questions

 Troublesome Words TCAP Coach

Skill Worksheets

English Lesson

Day1

coherent

Chapter 1
Birthday Presents

 

 to/too/two
Easy Grammar
page 607		  

 

focused research topic

Day 2

gaped

Chapter 2
The Door is Shut

Chapters 1-2

 their/there/they’re  

 

rank research resources

Day 3

uncompromisingly

Chapter 3
Thirty Scalps

 

 its/it’s  

Portals p 13-14
 classifying words

appropriate research source for a given research topic

Day 4

foreboding

Chapter 4
The Great Outdoors

Chapters 3-4

 sit/set Lesson 19 Asking Questions
Lesson 27 Primary and Secondary sources

Portals p 15-16
where when how

primary and secondary sources

Day 5

regretfully

Chapter 5
Tommy

 

 lie/lay
Easy Grammar
page 100-113		  

 

 irrelevant research material

Day 6

bewilderment

Chapter 6
The Chief is Dead

Chapters 5-6

 affect/effect  

Portals p 18-19
meaning through context

 APA and MLA

Day 7

incredulous

Chapter 7
Uninvited Brothers

 

 may/can
Easy Grammar
page 606		  

Portals p 21 & 22
fact/opinion

cause/effect

 quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing

Day 8

ravenously

Chapter 8
Cowboy!

Chapters 7-8

 leave/let Lesson 15 Sequence

Portals p 23-24 & 25
main idea
sequencing

 Media

Day 9

tactics

Chapter 9
Shooting Match

 

 teach/learn Lesson 22 Media

Lesson 14 Prediction

Portals p 26-27
inferences

 Media

Day 10

truce

Chapter 10
Breakfast Truce

Chapters 9-10

 accept/except Lesson 17 Speaking

 

 Group Roles
Day 11 gingerly Chapter 11
School		   capitol/capital   Portals p 31-32
special meanings

persuasive devices

Worksheet p 67
Day 12 apprehension Chapter 12
Trouble with Authority		 Chapters 11-12 principle/principal Lesson 13 Fact, Opinion, and Persuasive Techniques Portals p 33
antonyms

persuasive devices

Day 13 enthralled Chapter 13
Art and Accusation		   between/among Lesson 9 Spelling and Confusing Words Portals p 36-37
outlines		 Author's Purpose 3 Worksheets (items 1-12)
Day 14 sullenly Chapter 14
The Missing Key		 Chapters 13-14     Portals p 40-41
correct meanings		  
Day 15 relapse Chapter 15
Underfloor Adventure		          
Day 16 festive Chapter 16 Chapters 15-16        

 

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SPI’s Covered

  • SPI 0601.1.9 Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, its/it’s, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal, between/among}).

  • SPI 0601.2.4 Select the most appropriate behaviors for participating productively in a team (e.g., contribute appropriate and useful information and ideas, understand the purpose for working as a team, understand the responsibilities of various roles within the team).

  • SPI 0601.2.5 Identify the functions and responsibilities of individual roles within an organized group (i.e., reporter, recorder, information gatherer, leader, timekeeper).

  • SPI 0601.5.4 Identify examples of persuasive devices (i.e., bandwagon, loaded terms, testimonial, name-calling).

  • SPI 0601.7.2 Select the visual image that best reinforces a viewpoint or enhances a presentation.

  • SPI 0601.7.3 Identify the purpose of a medium (i.e., to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to describe).

  • SPI 0601.7.4 Draw an inference from a non-print medium.

  • SPI 0601.7.5 Choose the statement that best summarizes/communicates the message presented by a medium.